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Auctionsarepublicsalesofgoods,conductedbyanofficiallyapprovedauctioneer.He1thecrowdtogatherintheauctionroomtobidforthevariousitems2.Heencouragesbuyerstobid3figures,andfinallynamesthehighestbidderasthebuyerofthegoods.Thisis4“knockingdownthegoods,forthebiddingends5theauctioneerbangsasmallhammeronaraisedplatform.

TheancientRomansprobablyinventedsalesby6,andtheEnglishwordcomesfromtheLatin“auctic”,7“increase”.TheRomansusuallysoldinthis8thespoilstakeninwar,thesesaleswerecalled“subbasra”,meaning“underthespear”,aspear9inthegroundasa10foracrowdtogather.InEnglandintheeighteenthandnineteenthcenturies11wereoftensold“bythecandle”;ashortcandlewaslitbythe12

13,allgoodscanbesoldbyauction.14thesearecoffee,skins,wool,tea,cocoa,furs,fruit,vegetables,andwines.Auctionsalesare15usualforlandandproperty,antique,furniture,pictures,rarebooks,oldchinaandworksofart.TheauctionroomsatChrisite’sandSotheby’sinLondonandNewYork

Anauctionisusually16beforehandwithfull17ofthearticlestobesoldandwhereandwhenthey18viewedbythebuyer.Iftheadvertisementcannotgivefulldetails,cataloguesare19,andeachgroupofgoodstobesoldtogether,calleda“lot”,isusuallygivenanumber.TheauctioneerneednotbeginwithLotOneand20thenumbericalorder--hemaywaituntilhenoticesthefactthatcertainbuyersaleintheroomandthenproducethelotstheyarelikelytobeinterestedin.

1.PuordersB.asks

C.inquiresD.shoutsat

2.A.onsaleB.onshow

C.forsaleD.onshelves

3.A.lowerB.higher

C.moreD.mueh

4.A.saidB.saying

C.calling